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Meanings of extrinsic in English

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extrínsec

Not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside.

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        extrínsec

        Not required.

              Usage of extrinsic in English
              1
              Thus, both intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms control development of the cerebral cortex.
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              2
              The extrinsic motivation factor works best if everyone's in on the prize.
              The game on! diet: kick your friend's butt while shrinking your ...
              3
              Indeed, all the extrinsic advantages were on the side of the English.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 / A Magazin...
              4
              Therefore nothing extrinsic can be the end of the government of things.
              Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
              5
              We demonstrate that V1 subtype diversity can be modified by extrinsic signals.
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              6
              Cast aside every extrinsic recommendation, and depended entirely on form and effect.
              International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1,...
              7
              The extrinsic pathway can be activated upon binding of the ligand TRAIL.
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              8
              Is the extrinsic goodness of an object entirely detachable from its intrinsic?
              The Nature of Goodness
              9
              The cause had to be twofold, requiring an intrinsic and extrinsic factor.
              Map of bones
              10
              Fibrotic conditions related to extrinsic factors have been described as human adjuvant disease.
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              11
              Thus, extrinsic assistance is needed to restore enamel lesions and stop undermining progression.
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              12
              These extrinsic cues are, however, largely lost during ex vivo cultures.
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              13
              The argument has been about the relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
              Radio NZ
              14
              Moreover it was realized that extrinsic skin aging manifests differently between different populations.
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              15
              Classically, axon growth has been viewed mainly as a consequence of extrinsic influences.
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              16
              As Sierra points out, gamification replaces an intrinsic reward with an extrinsic one.
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              extrínsec
              Extrinsic through the time
              Extrinsic across language varieties
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              United Kingdom
              Less common